Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis caused by Toxoplasma gondii strain ToxoDB#65

Cinara Cássia Brandão de Mattos; Rubens Camargo Siqueira; Fábio Batista Frederico; Isabelle Martins Ribeiro Ferreira; Ana Iara Costa Ferreira; Mariana Previato; Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola; Luiz Carlos de Mattos

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.021

Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis caused by Toxoplasma gondii strain ToxoDB#65

Acta Trop. 2018 Sep:185:419-421. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.021. Epub 2018 May 31.

Authors

Cinara Cássia Brandão de Mattos¹, Rubens Camargo Siqueira², Fábio Batista Frederico³, Isabelle Martins Ribeiro Ferreira⁴, Ana Iara Costa Ferreira⁵, Mariana Previato⁵, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola⁴, Luiz Carlos de Mattos⁵

Affiliations

¹ Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; FAMERP Toxoplasma Research Group, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² FAMERP Toxoplasma Research Group, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; Rubens Siqueira Research Center, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
³ Ophthalmology Outpatient Clinic, Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina - Hospital de Base - FUNFARME, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; FAMERP Toxoplasma Research Group, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Parasitology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz - São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; IAL Toxoplasma Research Group, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; FAMERP Toxoplasma Research Group, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 29859747
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.021

Abstract

Ocular toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is the most common cause of inflammation in the back of the eye. Analysis of the infecting strain may provide information regarding disease behavior and recurrence. Here, we describe clinical and epidemiological data for toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in two Brazilian women infected by T. gondii strain ToxoDB#65, living in an urban region of São Paulo State, Brazil.

Keywords: Eye damage; Eye disease; Ocular toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma gondii genotyping; Toxoplasma strain; Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Choroiditis / etiology*
Female
Humans
Retinitis / etiology*
Toxoplasma / pathogenicity*
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / parasitology*